Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Birth Rate, Demographic Transition, Ecumene
11 Feb 2013
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Population size: 3 primary factors accounting for growth. Population density: 2nd largest country in the world by geographic size, population density: number of people/land. Canada = 3. 5 persons/square km = low population density. North: 0. 03ppl/km3 ontario: 13. 4ppl/km3: physiological density: population density expressed as amount of used land/ person. Population distribution: population distribution: dispersal of people within a geographic area, ecumene: inhabited area aka core, ontario & quebec = demographic core 62% of canada"s population, 4 population zones: Secondary core: narrow band across southern canada. Third zone: sparse population, narrow band of the boreal forest (-1% of pop) Resource town: urban place with single focus economic extraction. Regional service centers: economic functions provided to residents. Urban = 1000 pop & 400 ppl/km3. Census metropolitan areas: census metropolitan area: urban core (pop 100,000) with adjacent urban and rural areas (high social and economic integration with core, 33 cma, greatest rate of increase = barrie.
